Assumable Loan
An assumable loan is a type of mortgage loan that allows a new home purchaser to take over the existing loan of the seller without altering the terms of the loan.
Assumption, due-on-sale, and subject-to-mortgage terms used when a loan follows a property transfer.
Mortgage Assumptions and Due On Sale covers mortgage assignments, discharges, transfers, assumptions, assumption fees, due-on-sale clauses, and subject-to mortgage purchases.
Use these pages when a property sale, loan transfer, assumption, payoff, or discharge changes who owes, who holds, or who can enforce the mortgage. It sits inside Mortgage Transfers, so readers can move up when the broader property-finance context matters.
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| Area | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Assumable Loan | An assumable loan is a type of mortgage loan that allows a new home purchaser to take over the existing loan of the seller without altering the terms of the loan. |
| Assumable Loan vs. Non-Assumable Loan | The concept of loan assumability in real estate transactions refers to whether the obligations associated with a loan can be transferred to a new borrower. |
| Assumable Mortgage | Mortgage whose existing loan terms can be transferred to a qualified buyer instead of forcing the buyer to originate a new mortgage. |
| Assumption Fee | Assumption Fee: A charge levied by a lender to a buyer who assumes the existing loan on the subject property. |
| Assumption of Mortgage | Formal transfer of an existing mortgage to a buyer who takes over the debt obligation under the lender’s approval process. |
| Due-on-Sale Clause | Mortgage contract provision that lets the lender demand payoff when ownership changes without approved loan transfer. |
| Subject to Mortgage | Property-transfer structure where the buyer takes title subject to an existing mortgage without formally taking over the debt in the same way as an assumption. |
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An assumable loan is a type of mortgage loan that allows a new home purchaser to take over the existing loan of the seller without altering the terms of the loan.
The concept of loan assumability in real estate transactions refers to whether the obligations associated with a loan can be transferred to a new borrower.
Mortgage whose existing loan terms can be transferred to a qualified buyer instead of forcing the buyer to originate a new mortgage.
Assumption Fee: A charge levied by a lender to a buyer who assumes the existing loan on the subject property.
Formal transfer of an existing mortgage to a buyer who takes over the debt obligation under the lender's approval process.
Mortgage contract provision that lets the lender demand payoff when ownership changes without approved loan transfer.
Property-transfer structure where the buyer takes title subject to an existing mortgage without formally taking over the debt in the same way as an assumption.